Hurricane Michael Aftermath

posted by Rose Wythe -

Oct 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael’s destruction is only increasing by the moment. As per the latest reports, the Category 4 storm has taken at least 18 confirmed lives with its intense winds and rains. Sweeping across six states, the storm has brought flash flooding and left at least one million without power.

Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandleas a monstrous Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 miles-per-hour in the afternoon on October 10. The hurricane rapidly gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico, growing from a tropical depression to one of the strongest storms to ever hit the Panhandle in just a few days.

Debris are blown down a street by Hurricane Michael on October 10, 2018 in Panama City, Florida. The hurricane made landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm.

A tree lays on a home and car after hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 10, 2018 in Panama City, Florida.

Amanda Logsdon begins the process of trying to clean up her home after the roof was blown off by the passing winds of Hurricane Michael on October 11, 2018 in Panama City, Florida.

Tree limbs sit on top of an American Red Cross disaster relief truck after Hurricane Michael hit in Panama City, Florida.

A Winn-Dixie Store Inc. supermarket is seen damaged after Hurricane Michael hit in Panama City, Florida.

The overhang of a gas station is toppled over in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael on October 11, 2018 in Inlet Beach, Florida.

Members of the South Florida Search and Rescue team search for survivors in the destruction left after Hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 11, 2018 in Mexico Beach, Florida.

An Army National Guard high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) drives past the damaged sign of a Waffle House restaurant after Hurricane Michael hit in Panama City, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018.

Debris lay on the ground of a Booze Express store as Hurricane Michael makes landfall in Panama City Beach, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018.

Jennifer Corbin helps her friend, Cindy Clark, salvage what she can from her home that was heavily damaged when Hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 11, 2018 in Mexico Beach, Florida.